Adding Damboree Badges to your Section OSM

Our Head of Programming the OSM Bits, has added the 2020 badges, including Scouts, to Online Scout Manager, so you can now add the badge, and tick off the criteria and award it, just like any other badge in OSM….

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Do we have to attend a specific camp?

No. The aim is to encourage each Colony/Pack/Troop/Unit to provide the opportunity for each young person to sleep outside in a tent. However some Groups are planning Group Damboree, including all three sections, and other Districts and Counties (Regions) are…

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Is this an official Scout Association event?

Depends how you define official….We’re an Active Support Unit within Milton Keynes District, using social media to help spread the word, engage and support leaders, dispel myths, and make sure everyone knows the latest details with regards to Nights Away,…

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What is the purpose of the Damboree

Originally the pupose was to support and encourage Beaver Leaders to gain their Campsite Nights Away Permit and to promote the fact Beavers in the UK are allowed to Camp. It is a way to dispel some of the myths…

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